Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/kitao/pyxel/vs/ruffle-rs/ruffle
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/kitao/pyxel/vs/ruffle-rs/ruffle.md
Description: pyxel and ruffle share 4 technologies: gif, image, symphonia, and zip. Both are written in Rust.

# pyxel vs ruffle

pyxel and ruffle share 4 technologies: gif, image, symphonia, and zip. Both are written in Rust.

- [kitao/pyxel](https://seerepo.com/r/kitao/pyxel): A retro game engine for Python
- [ruffle-rs/ruffle](https://seerepo.com/r/ruffle-rs/ruffle): A Flash Player emulator written in Rust

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: gif, image, symphonia, zip
- Only in pyxel: fontdue, glow, pillow, gltf, hound
- Only in ruffle: lru, egui, Tokio, fontdb, fontconfig, wgpu, winit, rfd, egui_extras, indicatif, lyon_geom, quick-xml, png, ttf-parser, csv, jpeg-decoder, tracing, log, tracing-subscriber, tracing-tracy, tracing-wasm, tracy-client, tracing-appender, tracing-log

## Side by side

| | pyxel | ruffle |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 109,242 lines written, 155 code files | 276,509 lines written, 743 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.1% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code | 0% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 5, 2026, 7,962 commits, 18,540 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 17,770 commits, 18,816 stars |
| Tests | 89 test files. 12.9% of its code files have a test that imports them | 246 test files. 8.9% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, pyxel or ruffle?

ruffle, with 276,509 lines written; pyxel has 109,242.

The proof: [ruffle-rs/ruffle's code at commit f24403b](https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle/tree/f24403b5a801b442750241f0eb0806d1c28f7561)

### Which has more GitHub stars, pyxel or ruffle?

ruffle, with 18,816 stars; pyxel has 18,540.

The proof: [ruffle-rs/ruffle on GitHub](https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle)

### Which has more tests, pyxel or ruffle?

ruffle, with 246 test files; pyxel has 89.

The proof: [ruffle-rs/ruffle's code at commit f24403b](https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle/tree/f24403b5a801b442750241f0eb0806d1c28f7561)

### Which was updated more recently, pyxel or ruffle?

ruffle: its last push was on November 6, 2026, and pyxel's on November 5, 2026.

The proof: [ruffle-rs/ruffle's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, pyxel or ruffle?

pyxel: an AI signed 0.1% of its commits, with Claude Code.

## Sources

- kitao/pyxel: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit 882f9d2 (https://github.com/kitao/pyxel/tree/882f9d2db8e3ee766e85ef14ec0b8fd36fc74b7e)
- ruffle-rs/ruffle: Read on November 6, 2026, at commit f24403b (https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle/tree/f24403b5a801b442750241f0eb0806d1c28f7561)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.